Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was the daughter of the exiled Indian Maharaja Duleep Singh and, in addition to being Queen Victoria’s goddaughter, she also lived in a grace and favour apartment at Hampton Court. She was also a devoted suffragette and surveillance files compiled on her will go on display for the first time at [read more]
At Kensington Palace in the early hours (4.15 am) of 24 May 1819, Alexandrina Victoria was born to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (the Duchess of Kent), as Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent. For Queen Victoria’s bicentenary, Kensington Palace plays host to two exhibitions about [read more]
In 1837, Queen Victoria came to the throne, and Buckingham Palace had remained empty for nearly 20 years. Her uncle King George IV had spent vast amounts on it, but he had died leaving it unfinished. King William IV had no interest in taking on the project and almost gave the palace away. Although Queen [read more]
An embroidered altar cloth, which may have been part of a dress worn by Queen Elizabeth I, will go on display for the first time at Hampton Court Place. The so-called “Bacton Altar Cloth” was discovered in Herefordshire and the curators at Historic Royal Palaces believe that it once formed part of a dress worn [read more]
Kensington Palace is celebrating the birth of Queen Victoria within their walls 200 years ago with two exhibitions – Victoria: Woman and Crown and Victoria: A Royal Childhood. Accompanying the exhibition is the exhibitions is the hardcover The Young Victoria by the late Deirdre Murphy who was senior curator at Historic Royal Palaces until her death [read more]
Several birthday gifts exchanged between Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert have gone on display at Osborne House in their new exhibition Victoria and Albert’s Birthdays at Osborne. It features, among other things, a white marble statue of a nude female figure seated on a rock and a painting of women in various states [read more]
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